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Yeovil Driving Test Centre

A test from Yeovil can go out through Preston Plucknett, Brympton, Odcombe and Chilthorne Domer, and on the roads between them.

63.4%

Pass rate in 2025-26, 13.4 points above Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure

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Yeovil in DVSA's figures

DVSA figures for 2025-26, published 25 June 2026 · waiting time for July 2026, published 9 September 2026

Pass rate · 2025-26 · 63.4%

13.4 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0% (the marker on the bar).

7th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.

Tests taken
7,493
4,752 passed
First attempts
64.1%
2,789 of 4,348
Median wait
16.3 weeks
tests taken in July 2026
Automatic
57.2%
1,404 tests
Manual
64.9%
6,089 tests
Women · men
61.4% · 65.2%
Aged 17
73.4%
Aged 17 to 25
67.2%
Car tests start from
Suite 2, Abbey Manor Business Centre, Preston Road, Yeovil, BA20 2EN
50.94381, -2.661

Source: DVSA tables DRT122A, DRT122C, DRT122D, DRT122E, DRT122F, DRT121G. Manual is our arithmetic: all tests minus automatic. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and notes

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Pass rate by year

YearPass rateTestsAgainst Great Britain
2025-2663.4%7,49313.4 points above (50.0%)
2024-2559.7%5,75411.0 points above (48.7%)
2023-2459.7%6,94611.8 points above (47.9%)
2022-2359.8%5,37711.4 points above (48.4%)
2021-2264.5%5,22615.6 points above (48.9%)
2020-2166.6%1,57816.8 points above (49.8%)
2019-2059.9%4,93314.0 points above (45.9%)
2018-1961.9%4,967–
2017-1861.3%5,306–
2016-1758.7%5,774–
2015-1657.8%4,729–
2014-1554.9%4,830–
2013-1455.2%4,533–
2012-1355.3%4,450–
2011-1257.0%4,177–
2010-1154.6%4,646–
2009-1054.2%4,717–
2008-0953.8%4,897–
2007-0852.1%5,190–

DVSA table DRT122A, each financial year it publishes for this centre. Great Britain from DRT121G, which starts in January 2019, so a dash marks a year with no whole-year Great Britain figure to compare.

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Yeovil beside Great Britain and nearby centres

CentrePass rateMedian waitDistance
Yeovil63.4%16.3 wks–
Great Britain50.0%11.1 wks–
Dorchester69.0%10.9 wks28.9 km
Taunton59.5%11.9 wks30.7 km
Weston-super-Mare61.0%5.0 wks49.2 km
Trowbridge55.2%8.9 wks52.1 km
Poole53.4%7.1 wks53.1 km

Pass rates and tests for 2025-26; waits for tests taken in July 2026. A dash means DVSA publishes no figure we hold. Distances are straight lines between centres, and only centres with a page here are listed (find them from all test centres), so a centre we have not mapped yet may be nearer. You can book at any centre, but since 9 June 2026 a booked test can only be moved to one of the 3 centres nearest it, or back to the one you first booked (GOV.UK).

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Waiting times and booking

For tests taken at Yeovil in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 16.3 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 18.8 weeks until at least one in ten appointments a week was free. These are a past month's figures; the dates you can book today are on GOV.UK.

DVSA cancelled 43 tests here in 2025-26, 0.6 for every 100 it conducted, most often for examiner leave. These are DVSA's own cancellations; we have found no published figures for tests cancelled by candidates.

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Questions about Yeovil test centre

What is the pass rate at Yeovil driving test centre?

63.4% of driving tests at Yeovil were passes in 2025-26: 4,752 of 7,493, according to DVSA. That is 13.4 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.

How many driving tests were taken at Yeovil in the latest year?

DVSA records 7,493 car driving tests at Yeovil in 2025-26, of which 4,752 were passed.

Is the first-time pass rate at Yeovil different?

For first attempts the pass rate was 64.1% (2,789 of 4,348) in 2025-26, against 63.4% for all attempts.

What is the waiting time for a driving test at Yeovil?

DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Yeovil was 16.3 weeks for tests taken in July 2026. It is a month's figure, not today's: GOV.UK shows the dates you can book now.

Where exactly is Yeovil driving test centre?

Car tests start from Suite 2, Abbey Manor Business Centre, Preston Road, Yeovil, BA20 2EN. On a map it is at 50.94381, -2.661.

Is there an official list of routes for Yeovil driving test centre?

No. DVSA stopped publishing test routes in October 2010, and they are still not published, so you cannot check them before your test. The drives on this page are for visualisation and practice only: they show the kind of roads a test from here can use.

How does Yeovil compare with nearby test centres?

In 2025-26 the pass rate at Yeovil was 63.4%. The nearest centres with a page here: Dorchester 69.0% (28.9 km away); Taunton 59.5% (30.7 km away); Weston-super-Mare 61.0% (49.2 km away).

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Sources and notes

  • DRT122A: Car driving test pass rates by gender and month: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
  • DRT122C: Car driving test pass rates by first driving attempt and gender, including zero faults: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
  • DRT122D: Car driving test pass rates by age (17 to 25 year olds) and year: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
  • DRT122E: Automatic car driving test pass rates by gender: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
  • DRT122F: Car driving test waiting times and availability by driving test centre, January 2019 to date: Great Britain. Data to August 2026, published by DVSA 9 September 2026.
  • DRT121G: Car driving test waiting times and availability by country and region, January 2019 to date: Great Britain. Data to August 2026, published by DVSA 9 September 2026.

All from DVSA's driving test statistics, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Analysis by Driving Mastery; DVSA does not endorse it. A pass rate is not a measure of how hard a test centre is. It reflects who books there and how prepared they are, the mix of automatic and manual tests, and local road conditions, as well as anything about the centre itself. Manual figures are all tests minus automatic tests, which is our arithmetic rather than a DVSA figure. Waiting times are a median over the tests taken that month, not a quoted booking lead time.

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